Tom Morwatts was my friend. He was a brilliant musician, songwriter and a member of the Mutants. Tom and I started off working together and later became friends. In subsequent years I lost track of Tom but never stooped thinking about him. Tom was tough as nails but like most tough guy's he had a heart of gold. Tom ,back in the day, enjoyed bombing around in his late sixties Plymouth Fury. Sometimes I would ride with him. Mostly I talked and Tom would, occasionally, add... his insights. I'm not sure everyone understood how brilliant Tom was. At one point I sat in a studio and watched Tom and the rest of the band write "Molecular Weights" a witty song dripping with sarcasm. It was like witnessing a master class. Genius is an over used word. In Tom's case it wasn't used enough. Goodbye my friend. We won't see your like again.

tom was one of my best friends, spent lots of time picking each others brains, i will miss him dearly....rip to a generous caring soul

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Jeff Allen

Vertical asked me to join his blog as a guest expert on "Nuggets" era music... Psychedelic, Garage and Fuzz. Are there others more qualified? You bet, but they weren't asked. He's also letting me write about anything I want… We'll see.